When the two mining disasters occurred, almost everyone wanted to strengthen supervision and management, but Xue Fei was different from what they thought.

Because of the mining disaster, Xue Fei temporarily changed his mind, and he decided to investigate the five major coal cities first.

There are five major coal cities in Nanhe, namely Liulongshan City, Hunyang City, Wubi City, Yinchang City, and Xudu City.

Xue Fei conducted an in-depth investigation of the five major coal cities, and learned in detail about the specific situation of each city. After the investigation, his heart was even heavier than before.

Back in Zhengzhou, Xue Fei summoned the CEOs of several large state-owned coal companies and chatted with them about the company's current situation and views on the development prospects of the industry.

"Hello Governor Xue." The car walked into Xue Fei's office, stretched out his hands and smiled.

Che Qianqian is fifty-five years old this year, of medium height, fat, average appearance, and the most eye-catching thing on his body is the loose hair on his head. He is the chairman of Yinchang Qianli Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. and a deputy to the National People's Congress.

"Hello Che Dong." Xue Fei shook hands with the front of the car and motioned to sit on the sofa on the side.

Long Yi poured a cup of tea for Xue Fei and Che Qianqian respectively, and then stood aside.

"Che Dong is an expert in the coal industry, and I invite Che Dong to come over today, mainly to ask Che Dong to talk about your company's situation, and I also want to hear Che Dong's views on the current coal industry." Xue Fei smiled.

"Governor Xue, don't be so polite, I'm not an expert, I just have a little more thoughts about staying in this industry. If you want to know anything, you can say it, and I promise to know everything. "I don't dare to hold up in front of the governor in front of the prefect.

After Cheqian introduced the situation of their company, Xue Fei asked, "What do you think is the biggest difficulty facing the five major coal cities now?" ”

Che Qian replied: "The mining history of the five major coal cities is less than 30 years, and the most is 40 or 50 years. At present, we are facing difficulties such as deep mines, high mining costs, resource depletion, and many workers. These rounds of state-owned enterprise reform have not kept up, coupled with the heavy burden of state-owned enterprises, and the state subsidies for personnel diversion are not in place. Moreover, some enterprises have not done a good job in the stripping of the society, the original policy was not stripped, and now the policy is gone and caught up with the market recession, so a variety of factors are superimposed, resulting in the transformation of the five major coal cities is imminent. ”

"When did this issue come to light? When did it start to deteriorate? ”

"In fact, it has been showing since the nineties of the last century. At that time, the whole country was relieving coal mines, and each person donated 200 yuan to solve the problem of workers' wages. By the 2000 years, coal recovered, industry recovered, and coal mine benefits gradually improved. However, many coal mines began to pay off old historical accounts, and when they were about to finish, the market was not good, so many problems were exposed. The real deterioration started the year before, it became very serious last year and this year, and I expect the problem to be even worse in the coming years. Now the coal mines are all relying on loans to maintain normal production and wages, and the provincial government has been transfusing blood, but this is not a long-term solution. Che Qianqian said with a worried face.

"Does foreign coal have any impact on the Nanhe coal market?" Xue Fei then asked.

"There will definitely be an impact." Che Qianqian said with great certainty: "The coal fields in the five major coal cities are relatively high-quality, and the coal quality is relatively good in steelmaking and industry, and the power generation is relatively clean. The smog that people now know is actually caused by lignite. The coal in Nanhe is clean and has a very limited impact on the air. Since the 90s, Mongolia's coal has begun to pour into Central China, Northeast China, and the surrounding areas of Jingtian, among which there is a lot of lignite, causing a lot of haze. Since the beginning of the previous year, Russian coal has entered the northern market in large quantities. The major power plants in Nanhe Province no longer burn provincial coal, and have begun to burn Mongolian coal or Russian coal, because the price of lignite is cheap, one or two hundred cheaper per ton than Nanhe coal. If several power plants in Nanhe Province continue to burn coal in the province, the five major mining bureaus will not have such difficulties. Like Russia, coal mining is simple, and the cost of manpower and transportation is very low. Our five major coal cities are facing serious losses due to their deep mines, poor mining conditions, higher and higher costs, heavier and heavier personnel burdens, and poor coal markets. ”

Xue Fei sighed and asked, "How is the life of the workers in the mining area?" ”

Che Qianqian said with a grim face: "Life is very difficult. In the past, underground workers could earn five or six thousand a month, but now it is only three or four thousand, and there is no guarantee, and it is no exaggeration to say that the situation is precarious. It is also thanks to the attention and strong support of the provincial party committee and the provincial government to ensure the normal payment of workers' wages before the Spring Festival, so that everyone can have a good year, otherwise it will be a problem to eat. Looking at it now, the most serious is Hunyang, because the Hunyang coal mine was built early and the mining cost is extremely high. ”

"What do you think is the way out for the five major coal cities?"

"I think it's for deep processing of coal, and coal chemical can replace petrochemical products, but the cost is much lower than that of oil. Even if oil falls to $40, we are not afraid. The five major coal cities have a population of 30 million, and the development of coal chemical industry can solve a large number of employment problems. Coal can be produced in the same way, and many new jobs are placed, and the products are environmentally friendly, and this circular chain is created. The development of coal chemical industry can replace traditional energy and solve the energy crisis. It's not that the people of Nanhe can't do it, it's not that no one can do it, the key is what the government will do to support the transformation of the five major coal cities. This requires strong support from the national and local governments, as well as the active cooperation of relevant departments. Especially in the financial sector, without money, everything is difficult and nothing can be done. ”

The car paused before and said: "If you want to realize the industrial transformation of resource-based cities, in fact, it is fundamentally to adjust the economic structure and optimize state-owned enterprises. But it's easier said than done, there are too many problems in the implementation that are difficult to solve, and there are too many resistances. ”

Xue Fei believes that the current problem of the five major coal cities is no longer a problem of supervision and management, but should consider industrial transformation and in-depth optimization. As for the difficulties, why not have difficulties? Just find a way to solve it, the key is whether you dare to take the first crucial step.

At the end of December, it was time to hold the annual provincial economic work conference.

Before the formal meeting, the Nanhe Provincial Government held a meeting to summarize this year's economic work, analyze the economic situation, and make arrangements for next year's economic work, and then submit it to the provincial party committee for approval.

At the meeting, Xue Fei specifically mentioned the issue of coal.

"As you all know, because of the mining disaster a few days ago, I went to the five major coal cities to conduct research, and also talked to some coal company bosses, and now it can be said that I have a certain understanding of the coal industry, I think the coal industry has reached the time when the government must do something, I don't know what you think about this problem."

As soon as Xue Fei said this, all the members of the party group looked at him.

"What does Governor Xue mean?" Executive Vice Governor Tang Jun asked with interest.

"The coal industry is now a typical three-high-one-low industry, and the status quo is basically maintained by loans and government blood transfusions, and in the long run, it is almost unsustainable. Moreover, the coal industry is bloated, and there are too many people floating around. is already in a recession, and it is definitely not possible to raise a group of idlers in the long run. In my opinion, the coal industry is like a person who is seriously ill, but if he seeks medical treatment in time, he can still be saved, but if he drags it out any longer, I am afraid that there will be no cure. Therefore, it is imperative to optimize the coal industry and promote industrial transformation. Before Xue Fei's words fell, someone immediately picked up.

"I'm afraid that optimization and transformation will be difficult." Kou Tie, the vice governor in charge of culture, education, health and sports, said: "Although I am not in charge of this work, I also know that there are as many as 150,000 underground miners in the five major coal cities, and the number of people on the ground is a very large number. If reform is carried out, most of these people will inevitably be diverted. I am afraid that it is difficult to solve the problem of dividing who is not divided and how to divide it reasonably. ”

Yan Zhengquan said coldly: "If it is a normal year, the output value of the five major coal cities can account for more than 60% of the local GP in a year, and the overall output value can account for about 10% of the province." Therefore, the finances of the five major coal cities are very tight, the industrial structure is too simple, and the transformation is very difficult. ”

"Reform is not a bad thing, but it is really difficult to reform a resource-based city like the five major coal cities. It may not be possible to rely on coal, but what can you rely on if you don't rely on coal? Cities want to develop, officials want to make achievements, and if there is no practical plan and 100 percent certainty, I think we must not act rashly. You Cai, vice governor in charge of urban and rural construction and land and resources, said.

"Try to talk about all the ideas you have, and this kind of thing has to be done together." Xue Fei looked at a few members of the party group who had not yet spoken.

Yang Gang, vice governor in charge of human resources and social security, and market supervision and management, said: "Basically everything that needs to be said has been said, and these are difficulties that are difficult to overcome. However, I think that if Governor Xue can propose reform, he must already have specific measures and plans in mind, right? ”

Yang Gang's words once again made everyone's eyes focus on Xue Fei.

"I only have such a preliminary idea now, and I haven't thought of a specific reform plan yet." Xue Fei said a word and didn't say much.

At the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee the next day, when talking about the upcoming economic work conference, Xue Fei once again proposed the reform of the coal industry, which also attracted everyone's attention.

Tang Jun, who was known among them, was very puzzled when he heard Xue Fei mention it again, not knowing what kind of medicine Xue Fei was selling in his gourd.

Fei Guangrong, secretary of the provincial party committee, did not speak, and almost all of the other members of the Standing Committee said remarks that were not much different from those of several vice governors yesterday, and the sharpest of them was Wu Zhongzhong, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee.

"Although there are five coal cities in Nanhe, in general, Nanhe is not a province that relies on coal to improve its economy. Some of the real coal provinces have not done effective reforms, and if we do make a bird, we are afraid that we will not only be laughed at by other provinces, but also ask for trouble. Of course, I can also understand Governor Xue's feelings, just came to Nanhe, and there happened to be two mining disasters, so it is understandable that he is anxious to do something. But reform is not something that can be changed by touching the upper lip and the lower lip, especially in the traditional energy industry like coal. However, if Governor Xue said it casually, it would be a different matter. Wu was loyal to the yin and yang, and Xue Fei's eyes were also full of hostility.

Xue Fei was extremely puzzled by this, he didn't know Wu Zhongzhong before, and after coming to Nanhe, he only saw Wu Zhongzhong when he went to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. Wu Zhongzhong actually openly opened fire on him at the Standing Committee, and he couldn't understand it.

The heart said that this old guy couldn't have forgotten to take medicine during menopause.